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Here is where I record my thoughts and experiences, most of which are from my time abroad and travels. Where I share and exchange insights on off-the-beaten-path destinations and translated literature. Where I discuss photography and societal observations.
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First published in 1915, Susan Glaspell’s Fidelity has been reintroduced to contemporary readers by the excellent Persephone Books, which produces out-of-print or forgotten works from the early twentieth century by female writers in its signature grey jacket. Fidelity is set in the midwestern town of Freeport in Iowa in 1913 and revolves around its protagonist,…
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I first learnt about Mo Yan / 莫言 when I was browsing books in an Eslite bookstore in Taipei. There was an entire shelf featuring his works that had been translated into English. Many of these books had “Winner of 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature” printed on the cover, lest this recognition goes unnoticed. Having made a…
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When I was recently back in Singapore to visit family and friends, I was struck by a desire to visit a favourite playground from my childhood on one afternoon. After having lunch with my dad, I suggested that we drive to our former home in Clementi. I wanted to see if Clementi Woods – which…
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It was at the recent Paris Photo Fair that I came across the works of Saul Leiter. It had been a long day of systematically moving from one booth to another, row by row, back and forth down the aisles, left and right. After several hours of being on my feet and seeing more photos,…
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认命 (rèn mìng): 承认自己的命不好而逆来顺受; to be resigned to fate Friday, 15 November 2013: I was standing outside an entrance to a building in Belleville, chatting with a woman from Dongbei in China. In her mid-forties, Xin Yuan* was in a black cinched waist puffer jacket, a short white woolen skirt worn over black leggings, and boots. She…
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